Authors : Ilnar M. Nurmuhametov, Galina M. Purynycheva, Michael M. Purynychev, Anton I. Bogdanov, Svetlata G. Kreneva, Elena N. Halturina, Anatoly A. Smirnov, Anna N. Petrova and Aleksei Y. Fayryzov
Abstract: The study refers to the historical models of the university: corporate (Medieval), classical (Humboldt) and modern (innovative). Analyzes the shortcomings of the modern university: quantification (emphasis on quantitative indicators), increase in costs as a result of price Baumol’s disease, a quantitative increase in teachers and people enrolled in universities, the widening gap between research and teaching university roles. Specificity of the modern university which in spite of the higher education crisis continues to play a key role in society. The modern university model that meets the challenges of culture and the economy should be focused on the formation of a new type of individual innovator. Innovators as the substrate of many modern technological processes have a powerful transformative effect on the economy and culture. A necessary condition for the formation of layers of innovators is the inclusion of students in the innovation activities of universities. Education should have an integrated character. An important role in the modern university should play a socio-humanitarian knowledge. In place of the Humboldt University, the university comes Leonardo. University Leonardo the most adequate to the modern cultural and economic situation. It is based on three fundamental principles: interdisciplinary research programs, elitism and promotion of non-standard models of scientific and technical research to attract young professionals to innovation.
Ilnar M. Nurmuhametov, Galina M. Purynycheva, Michael M. Purynychev, Anton I. Bogdanov, Svetlata G. Kreneva, Elena N. Halturina, Anatoly A. Smirnov, Anna N. Petrova and Aleksei Y. Fayryzov, 2016. Evolution of University Ideas: Perspectives of Development of Higher Education in the Face of New Economic Realities. The Social Sciences, 11: 1721-1728.